wrkflw-secrets

Comprehensive secrets management for wrkflw workflow execution. This crate provides secure handling of secrets with support for multiple providers, encryption, masking, and GitHub Actions-compatible variable substitution.

Features

• Multiple Secret Providers: Environment variables, files, HashiCorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, Google Cloud Secret Manager
• Secure Storage: AES-256-GCM encryption for secrets at rest
• Variable Substitution: GitHub Actions-compatible ${{ secrets.* }} syntax
• Secret Masking: Automatic masking of secrets in logs and output with pattern detection
• Caching: Optional caching with TTL for performance optimization
• Rate Limiting: Built-in protection against secret access abuse
• Input Validation: Comprehensive validation of secret names and values
• Health Checks: Provider health monitoring and diagnostics
• Configuration: Flexible YAML/JSON configuration with environment variable support
• Thread Safety: Full async/await support with concurrent access
• Performance Optimized: Compiled regex patterns and caching for high-throughput scenarios

Quick Start

use wrkflw_secrets::prelude::*;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> SecretResult<()> {
    // Create a secret manager with default configuration
    let manager = SecretManager::default().await?;
    
    // Set an environment variable
    std::env::set_var("GITHUB_TOKEN", "ghp_your_token_here");
    
    // Get a secret
    let secret = manager.get_secret("GITHUB_TOKEN").await?;
    println!("Token: {}", secret.value());
    
    // Use secret substitution
    let mut substitution = SecretSubstitution::new(&manager);
    let template = "curl -H 'Authorization: Bearer ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}' https://api.github.com";
    let resolved = substitution.substitute(template).await?;
    
    // Mask secrets in logs
    let mut masker = SecretMasker::new();
    masker.add_secret(secret.value());
    let safe_log = masker.mask(&resolved);
    println!("Safe log: {}", safe_log);
    
    Ok(())
}

Configuration

Environment Variables

# Set default provider
export WRKFLW_DEFAULT_SECRET_PROVIDER=env

# Enable/disable secret masking
export WRKFLW_SECRET_MASKING=true

# Set operation timeout
export WRKFLW_SECRET_TIMEOUT=30

Configuration File

Create ~/.wrkflw/secrets.yml:

default_provider: env
enable_masking: true
timeout_seconds: 30
enable_caching: true
cache_ttl_seconds: 300

providers:
  env:
    type: environment
    prefix: "WRKFLW_SECRET_"
  
  file:
    type: file
    path: "~/.wrkflw/secrets.json"
  
  vault:
    type: vault
    url: "https://vault.example.com"
    auth:
      method: token
      token: "${VAULT_TOKEN}"
    mount_path: "secret"

Secret Providers

Environment Variables

The simplest provider reads secrets from environment variables:

// With prefix
std::env::set_var("WRKFLW_SECRET_API_KEY", "secret_value");
let secret = manager.get_secret_from_provider("env", "API_KEY").await?;

// Without prefix  
std::env::set_var("GITHUB_TOKEN", "ghp_token");
let secret = manager.get_secret_from_provider("env", "GITHUB_TOKEN").await?;

File-based Storage

Store secrets in JSON, YAML, or environment files:

JSON format (secrets.json):

{
  "API_KEY": "secret_api_key",
  "DB_PASSWORD": "secret_password"
}

Environment format (secrets.env):

API_KEY=secret_api_key
DB_PASSWORD="quoted password"
GITHUB_TOKEN='single quoted token'

YAML format (secrets.yml):

API_KEY: secret_api_key
DB_PASSWORD: secret_password

HashiCorp Vault

providers:
  vault:
    type: vault
    url: "https://vault.example.com"
    auth:
      method: token
      token: "${VAULT_TOKEN}"
    mount_path: "secret"

AWS Secrets Manager

providers:
  aws:
    type: aws_secrets_manager
    region: "us-east-1"
    role_arn: "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/SecretRole"  # optional

Azure Key Vault

providers:
  azure:
    type: azure_key_vault
    vault_url: "https://myvault.vault.azure.net/"
    auth:
      method: service_principal
      client_id: "${AZURE_CLIENT_ID}"
      client_secret: "${AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET}"
      tenant_id: "${AZURE_TENANT_ID}"

Google Cloud Secret Manager

providers:
  gcp:
    type: gcp_secret_manager
    project_id: "my-project"
    key_file: "/path/to/service-account.json"  # optional

Variable Substitution

Support for GitHub Actions-compatible secret references:

let mut substitution = SecretSubstitution::new(&manager);

// Default provider
let template = "TOKEN=${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}";
let resolved = substitution.substitute(template).await?;

// Specific provider
let template = "API_KEY=${{ secrets.vault:API_KEY }}";
let resolved = substitution.substitute(template).await?;

Secret Masking

Automatically mask secrets in logs and output:

let mut masker = SecretMasker::new();

// Add specific secrets
masker.add_secret("secret_value");

// Automatic pattern detection for common secret types
let log = "Token: ghp_1234567890123456789012345678901234567890";
let masked = masker.mask(log);
// Output: "Token: ghp_***"

Supported patterns:

• GitHub Personal Access Tokens (ghp_*)
• GitHub App tokens (ghs_*)
• GitHub OAuth tokens (gho_*)
• AWS Access Keys (AKIA*)
• JWT tokens
• Generic API keys

Encrypted Storage

For sensitive environments, use encrypted storage:

use wrkflw_secrets::storage::{EncryptedSecretStore, KeyDerivation};

// Create encrypted store
let (mut store, key) = EncryptedSecretStore::new()?;

// Add secrets
store.add_secret(&key, "API_KEY", "secret_value")?;

// Save to file
store.save_to_file("secrets.encrypted").await?;

// Load from file
let loaded_store = EncryptedSecretStore::load_from_file("secrets.encrypted").await?;
let secret = loaded_store.get_secret(&key, "API_KEY")?;

Error Handling

All operations return SecretResult<T> with comprehensive error types:

match manager.get_secret("MISSING_SECRET").await {
    Ok(secret) => println!("Secret: {}", secret.value()),
    Err(SecretError::NotFound { name }) => {
        eprintln!("Secret '{}' not found", name);
    }
    Err(SecretError::ProviderNotFound { provider }) => {
        eprintln!("Provider '{}' not configured", provider);
    }
    Err(SecretError::AuthenticationFailed { provider, reason }) => {
        eprintln!("Auth failed for {}: {}", provider, reason);
    }
    Err(e) => eprintln!("Error: {}", e),
}

Health Checks

Monitor provider health:

let health_results = manager.health_check().await;
for (provider, result) in health_results {
    match result {
        Ok(()) => println!("✓ {} is healthy", provider),
        Err(e) => println!("✗ {} failed: {}", provider, e),
    }
}

Security Best Practices

1. Use encryption for secrets at rest
2. Enable masking to prevent secrets in logs
3. Rotate secrets regularly
4. Use least privilege access for secret providers
5. Monitor access through health checks and logging
6. Use provider-specific authentication (IAM roles, service principals)
7. Configure rate limiting to prevent abuse
8. Validate input - the system automatically validates secret names and values

Rate Limiting

Protect against abuse with built-in rate limiting:

use wrkflw_secrets::rate_limit::RateLimitConfig;
use std::time::Duration;

let mut config = SecretConfig::default();
config.rate_limit = RateLimitConfig {
    max_requests: 100,                    // Max requests per window
    window_duration: Duration::from_secs(60), // 1 minute window
    enabled: true,
};

let manager = SecretManager::new(config).await?;

// Rate limiting is automatically applied to all secret access operations
match manager.get_secret("API_KEY").await {
    Ok(secret) => println!("Success: {}", secret.value()),
    Err(SecretError::RateLimitExceeded(msg)) => {
        println!("Rate limited: {}", msg);
    }
    Err(e) => println!("Other error: {}", e),
}

Input Validation

All inputs are automatically validated:

// Secret names must:
// - Be 1-255 characters long
// - Contain only letters, numbers, underscores, hyphens, and dots
// - Not start or end with dots
// - Not contain consecutive dots
// - Not be reserved system names

// Secret values must:
// - Be under 1MB in size
// - Not contain null bytes
// - Be valid UTF-8

// Invalid examples that will be rejected:
manager.get_secret("").await;                    // Empty name
manager.get_secret("invalid/name").await;        // Invalid characters
manager.get_secret(".hidden").await;             // Starts with dot
manager.get_secret("CON").await;                 // Reserved name

Performance Features

Caching

let config = SecretConfig {
    enable_caching: true,
    cache_ttl_seconds: 300, // 5 minutes
    ..Default::default()
};

Optimized Pattern Matching

• Pre-compiled regex patterns for secret detection
• Global pattern cache using OnceLock
• Efficient string replacement algorithms
• Cached mask generation

Benchmarking

Run performance benchmarks:

cargo bench -p wrkflw-secrets

Feature Flags

Enable optional providers:

[dependencies]
wrkflw-secrets = { version = "0.1", features = ["vault-provider", "aws-provider"] }

Available features:

• env-provider (default)
• file-provider (default)
• vault-provider
• aws-provider
• azure-provider
• gcp-provider
• all-providers

License

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details.